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7.--N-THE PEOPL S_JOELL
VOI., .7-NO. 22, PICKENS, S. C., .HUSI), JL ,19.OEDLA I
loeiiiga Cause Ilhat Was J1ust,
THi ST SULVIVOR OF TIE
CONFICDERI;ATE CABINET.
Iton. John II. Reagan, of Texas, Do
livers 1h, Annual Address Before
the United Confederate Voterans
Fe'aets of History that Need to be
Told.
The annual address before the United
Confederpt Veterans at the reunion
in Nashv-ld, Tenn., was delivered by
Hon. J')hn 11. Reagan, of Texas, who
was Postmrs- ter General of the Con
federate Stat s, and is the last survi
ving menb.r of the Confederate cabi
net. I t contains valuable facts and in
cidents, and we print the main por
tions of bis address :
Thi's great, assemblage and this inter
esting occasion calls up many memories
of'great v'nts. It brings into review
the able and earnest discussions which
preceded the year 1801, on the great
question, whien led up ,o the war b -
tween the St-ates ; the separation of the
members of t irn 36th Congress ; the ac
tion of the S -uthern States in passing
the ordiuances of secession ; the organ
ization of the Government of the Con
federate States of Am. rica; the com
mencement of hostilities at Charleston
harbor, the call for volunteers by Pres
ident Linco!n, the enthusiasm with
which men on both sides volunteered
to enter the creat strugglc., the separa
tion of husbands and fathers from wives
and children, of sons from fathers and
mothers, of brothers from sisters, and
of lovers from their sweethearts, with
eyes bedewed with tears and hearts,
throhhing with patriotism, to enter the
camps of in-truction, make the long
marches !ind -agage in the fierce con
flicti of battle. It brings into review
the isembling of mighty armies, their
toilsome markthes, the sickness and suf
I ring u me ., :ps, the thousands of
+k rn,-- s ,n 1 battles, participated in
by hundreds of thousands of brave men,
the sufl -rin! a of the wounded, and the
gr.ra;, ,,. in mr vho fell On each side as
martyrs t-,heir patrioti( devotion to
the causes they believed to be right
and ja-., in Vi greatest war of modern
tim . ; a a" in which hundreds oi
tlhou nub ol b-ave men lost their lives,
and wich left to the future a vast
army .f *r,,:rning widows and children
and -urrou.r Ie relativus and fri"uds,
and which ra ;ed the iacrifice of bi 1
lien,s 1f . oliaurs' worth of property.
And 'it calls up our remembrance of
the great lab)r and sacrifices of our no
ble women in caring for the children
and aged at home, and in preparing
and sending to the armies clothes and
food for theo" loved ones, and In min
istering to the sick and wounded in the
hospitals.
TIM QUPiS'TION OF SLAVERY.
From early times there were those
who question-d the rightfulness to
slavery, pissi by without sulicient con
siderati,mn of the character of the dif
ferent race, of opeople. This feeling
grew first w tu the philanthropic and
religious classes until at last it was
seized upon by political demagogues as
an Individu,-l method of political agita
tion and declamation by otlice-seekers.
It grew until mobs, L. gislatur'es and
courts repudiated the constitutional
provisions and the laws or Congress and
the d'eisions of the supreme court of
the United t.ttes, which protected
slavery in the States where it existed,
and rc quired the rendition of slaves
when they escaped in other States.
The agitatIon of this c+iucstlon gathered
in strength and violence until it result
Cd in civil war in Kansas. ft.l!owed by
the raid of John Brown and his follow
crc, who invaded the State of Virginia
for the purpose of inniting the negres
to a war of races. And because he was
lawfully arra sLed and convict,ed and
hung by the authorities of Lihn State of
Virginia for levying war on the State',
in an etlort to bring about a horrid war
between. the negroes and whites, many
of the Northern ciiurches were draped
in mourning and many of the Northoern
people applauded his efforts and eulo
gized this felon as a hero and martyr.
This was followed hy the uomination
and eleotion of a purely sectional anti
slavery ticket for presIdent and vice
p)resident of the United States, and
during the Congress, which Immedi
ately preceded the secession of the
S.outher n States, thirty odd mea-urecs
of compromise wer'e introduced in one
or the other branches of Congress, in
hope of securing the adoption of a poli1
cy by which the union of the States and
the rights of the States and of the peo.
pio could be preserved and war pre
vented. Each of these p)ropositions of
coinpromise was introducco eithei' by a
Southern man or by a Northern Demo
orat, and every one of them was ire
celved with hooting aind derision by the
itepublican members, as the Congres
sional Globe of that period wvill show.
And the Southern members were told
that they had to submit to the wIll of
the majority, pliainly showing that our
popile could no longer rely for the prm
teetlon of the rigilts of the States or
of the people onj the enforcement of the
p)rovisions of constitution and the laws
of the United States. Could any peo0
ple have submitted to all this who
were worthy of liberty amnd good gov
ernment 's
TO VIND)ICATIE TIE 'lTRUTIt 0O. HIISTroiy.
You must understand that I do) not
make this recital for tate purpose of re
newing the prmejudices and passions of
the piast, but only for the liurpiose of
showing to our children and to the
world that the cx CJonferterates were
not responsible for t,he exIstence of
African slavery In this country, and
were not responsible for the existence
of the geat war which resulted from
the agitation of that quaeticio, and that
they wer'e neither traitors nor rebels,
Comrades, by the laws of nature I
can at most he with you but a. few years
longer', and I feel It to b)e my duty t->
you and to posterity to make these
statoments of the facts of history,
which vindicate us against the csharge
of being either rebels or traitors, and
which show that we were not the au
thors of "a causeless war, brought on
by ambitious loaders ;" but that our
brave men fought and suffer'ed and died,
and our holy men of God p)rayed, and
our noble women sufYered patiently and
V
patriotically all the privations and
horrors of a great war, cruelly forced
upon us. for the purposo of upholding
the constitution and laws of the United
States as preserving the rights of the
evoral States to regulate their own
domestic policies, and of protecting the
people against spoliation and robbery
by a dominant majority, some of whose
members, because the Holy Bible sanc
tioned slavery, declared that they
wanted an "anti-slavery Bible and an
inti-slavery God," and who because the
3onstitution of the United States recog
nized and protected slavery, declared
that it was a "league with hell and a
ovenaut with death."
Whatever may been said in the past
in the defence of the institution of
slavery, and whatever now may be
6hought of the ueans by which it was
;bolished in this country, the spi"it of
he present age is against it, and it has
)assed away, and I suppose no one
wishes its restoration, if that were
practicable. Certainly I would not re
tore it if I had the power. I thing it
Jetter for tho black race that they are
'ree, and I am sure that it is better for
,he white race that there are no slaves.
Some great Macaulay of the future
vill tell those grand truths to posterity
>otter and more forcibly than I can in
;his brief address, and will by reference
o history, to the sacred Scriptures and
, the constitution of the United States.
is made by our revolutionary fathers,
rindicate the patriotism and the heroic
rirtues and struggles of our people.
WilY THIElRE WAS NO COMPIROMgIS.
In later times those not familiar with
,he facts to which I am referring have
isked the question: "W'ay was not
his great question compromised ?"
Mtating that it would have cost a fifth
f the money to pay for and liberate
,he slaves that the war cost, and that
n that way the tens of thousands of
raluable lives of good men might have
Jeen saved, and all the attendant suf
ering prevented.
The first answer to that question is,
hat t'te slaves in the United 5tatos at
ne beginning of the war were estima
ed to he of the value of three thousand
nillion dollars, andi if they were to be
iberated common honesty required
hat it should have been at the expense
hf the nation, which was responsible
or its existence. The Republicans
ind the anti-slavery people were then
majority of the white people and had
uli possession of the IF'deral govern
nent, or were ready and author z-,d to
ake possession of it. And they de
nanded that the whole loss to arise
rem the freeing of the slaves should
ai. on their owners and on the South
iru States. They never iroposed and
would not have consented for the lcd
3ral government and tne Northern peo
ie to pay any part of the cost of free
mng the slaves. Their patriotism was
not of the kind w hich would cause them
to assume a part of the burueri of cor
recting what they clained to be a great
national wrong. And tat, too, a
wrong, if it was a wrong, which we in
herited fron' other and older na
tions, and which was incorporated in
our social and indistriai systems. arid
sanctioned by our cous'itut,ion-, St tt
and l"ederai, in the orgarization of tlh..
governments. The iirtators were
willing and anxious to be patriotic and
just at the expense of other peopile.
The second answer to it is, that, the
industrial and social systems of the
Southern States huerc so intrwoven
with the interest of slavery that the
pnople then believed the freedomu of the
slaves, without combpensation, meant
the bankrutcy of the people and
States where it existed, to be followed
probably by a war of races, I ir m speak
ing of wnat they then believed. As an
ovidence that our own people, in the
sarlier years of the l._public, reco;
ul.:d the necessity of ac Iuiescing in
the social and industriar conditions
which had grown out of A frica" shve
Py, history tells us that Gen. Gecorge
Washington, who w as an u'xt, masive
- uld,\"smnad(e coimmander in
ihief of our revohulionrary armie5. Heo
was the p)resident of the convention
which formed the conlstitut,i(n of the
United States, and was elect,ed as the
first prlesident of the UJnited St.ites, and
was re-elect,ed to that position. Mr'.
fferson, Mr. Madison, N r. Monroe,
G3en, Jackson, Mr. [Polk and Gen. Tay
or were each elect,ed president of the
United States, and all of them were
ihe owners of slaves. Thei y, like the
fr'amers of the constitution, r'ecognizedi
t,hat this country had inherited a con
dition of things in this respect in,
which it b)ecame neCcssary to acquiesce.
I do not assume to know whether, if a
pr'opositionr to pay for the slaves had
noen made, it wouldn have been aeptl)
nd.
Such a sacrillee as that wh ich was
dlemanded of the Southern p)eople, has
not in the world's history been submit
ted to by any people without an ap
peal to tne last dread arbitrament of
war. And ours were a chivalric. Intel
ligent, piroud rind liberty loving popJle,
ngod if L,ney had submitt,ed to this sacri
lice without, astruggle they would have
pr'oven themselves unwort,hy to be free
men, and unwort,hy of the pr'oud title
of being Americans. Arid I say now,
with deliberation aLnd sincerity, In
view of all tire calamit,ies of the
war, if the same condition of things
could again ocer, I would rather aco
cept, those cahinmties than belong to ai
race of eowar'ds abnd sur'render the most
sacred r'ights of se,f government to the
clamor of a m 'j -riLy overrid ing the
constitut,ion aind oemainnd ing terms so
revolting to our sense of justice,
TIlig 11AMPlTON RIOA rM C'ON I'lRgeg
In this connection I diesire to say
that it has b':e n freq uent ly asserted
of late years thait at tile confer'ence be
tween Presiden t. Lincoln arid Secretary
Seward of the 'cd'ral side, and Messr's.
Stephens, [Uunt 'r aind (Camptieli of the
Confe3derate side', ait Ililaton I{Oads
on the 3ld of .Janar ,ry, 180&5, that P resi
dlont Lincoln olf red tihe Jon federaites
$100) 000,000 for the slav' ii if they
would abandon thre war aind r'et,rn tI
the union, This story has assmed11(
vrious forms~ to suiit, t.he the rhietorie
of the speakers and writers wino have
given it currenr'y, I wish to aissert
most solemnly tha~t no such oIfer in any
form was nmadre. All the papjers "elait
Ing to the llamptl)on k inds Conference
arec given in '4 MelPIerson's H1 istor, 0!o
the ILibelllon." as he calls it. They
show that the joInt r'esol ution for
ame.ndi ng the constittution of the
United States wais p)assedl by Congjres
submitting to the St.ates tLe question
of abolishing slavery In the Uinited
States, two or three days before the
date of the conference. The report of
the commissioners on the part of the
Confederacy, which was publishi d at
the timie, shows that no such olfer was
made or referred to inl that conference.
The statement of President 1).,vis and
that of President Lincoln and of See
rotary Seward show that no such offer
was made or talked of at that confer.
ence. This false statement has been
often made. It is disproven by every
man who was there, and by every pa
per which has been written by or for
the men who were t,here. Neither
President Lincoln nor any other man
on the Federal side would have dared
to make such an oiler at that time.
It was stated at the time, and I be!ievc
the statement to be true, that the Con
gres hurried the joint resolution above
named through so as to forestall th,
possibility of any such proposition.
The object of this untruthful state
ment was no doubt to east odium on
the Confederate 'resident and author
ities by trying t ) show that they would
accept no terms of peace and were re
spoisible for the continuance of the
war.
President Davis appointd Vice
President Stephens to go to Washing
ton in 1864, ostensibly to secure a re
newal of the cartel for the exchange
of prisoners, but the real pur)posc of
his mission was to see I>resident k2in
coin for the purpose of asco L, tining on
what condition the war con !d b ter
minated. But he was not permitted
by the Federal authorities to ;e"
through their military lines. 'Ioen he
appointed the commrissioners to the
ELiampton iLoads conference for the
same purpose. And afterwards, in
185, he authoriz -d Gc . 1i 1. r'e to
try to negotiate through Gn. Grant.
for the same purpose. I mention thes,
facts to show that, it is a nistakce to
suppose0 that President Davis neglect.
ed any means in his power to end the
war on honorable terms, aid mention
them because of the many misreprc
sentations which have been made on
this subject. le could not have made
public all he (lid in this respect at the
time without discouraging our army
and the people. And if at any time
he had proposed or consented to un
conditional-y burrender he would have
been in danger of violence at the hands
of our own people. Neither he nor
they proposed or intended to surrender
unconditionally unless overuowered.
ICEC-NSIUUTION AND li iSTO1tArioN.
After the overthrow of the Con feder
ate government and the surrender of
the Confederate armies. the work of
the restoration of the l"edt-ral authiori
ty in tue Southern States was com
menced, while the excitement and pas
sions and prejudices of the war were
in full blaze and were intensilied Iy
the assassination of 1.resident Lincoln,
with which it was then unju-tly as
sumed the Confederate authorities had
some connection, And which was re
garded by them as most unfort.uttlate
for the people who had adhered to the
fortunes of the Con federacy.
Under the state of feeling witich then
existed on ioth sides it was hardly to
be expected that a wise and temperat
policy of reconstruction would be itdopt
ed, while many of the churches of the
Northern States were resolving, anl
Lome of their ministers of the r :ifg ion
of Christ were preaching a crusaUe of
hate, roscription and revenge against
the Southern people.
Te plan .adopted for the restoration
of the Union and the pacification of
the Southern people was to deprive
them of all political rights, put them
under military rule, and suspend the
rigit of the writ of habeits corpus, so
that there could be no relief or redlre
for any wrong done to a citizen, how
ever unlawful or outrageous. Our
citiz -ns were suhject to arrest by the
ihitary authorities without an aIlida
v it or foirmal char-ge, or legal wan-rant,
atndt t,o detention without knowing
w- hat the charges againbt, t,hemu wer-c.
and to t,rial by a tiruin -headl couirtimar
tial without, t,he inter'ventlion of a jury.
A lairge part of the Soumthern tates
had been dlevastattedl h.y war : the peco
ple had exhaust.ed thiair resuctIces in
thte endeavor t,o mai ntaini thiri cauise,
and tens (If tho(usanids oIf t,h ir bratvest
and best men haLd eit,cer fallen in biat.
tie or died in the s'irv:cc. Heaten in
battle, denied polliticatl righat,s and t,be
proteection of law, governied by ano un
friendly mulitary aut,bo-ity, and hy the
negrees, carpatbatgger-s and sealaw age,
(I mention them in the order (If theirp
rebpectaithlIity ), pinunder-ed and robbe
by the c mployees oif the trcen-ury di
par-tment, an id ior.stant ty me ntaced lay
itoyal leagues compo Isen of the cl notenite
abiv e named, thei (or.ion 11 seeiiiwd
t,o lbe as hlesslc as can well be imi
aginied.
I under' the proIvidence of Cud the(
life of P.resident, IAaicol n could h; v -
been spared, se tbat 'ho recon,-tructumn
and the restor-ationr of the Un o'in could t
have b)een brught about, underci his
super-vision, and that, of the olli.ers
and soidtirs who1( foaughlt, the battleIc otf
the UJion, I beli eve tile cou nti-v wvottIa
have been saved fr-om the in tirductaion
of .abnormnial nuli11 a-y governm111en t
wvhiich are i)no ufrienidly to civil r-i ghIts
and political libei t.v, ando so con tiary
to0 trae' Un ius of 00ur governoment ;anid
that thme people oIf the .Southeirn Stat
wonuIld have been saved firomai neh of
theiti inmus saitices aned iiulei ng
whIaich the y werie com0peI ed to enidnrei
durinig tbe pertiodl of ren s truet,ion;
the dematgogues in polit,ies, thie un
Chiristian perIseenution byv riiglen
bodies, an'd the thieving ti casuriy o)l11
cis wouhld not have hatd so wide a
ilold foir their ohperationis,
It, is un pleasan~tit foir mei( to makithe the
foregoing recitals, an d the miore boIl h
cause the 1)uriposei for wich tacyV alrc
made nity be miiisuntderstoodi (Jr' mis
repiresenLtld. The r'estor-at,ion of pace-,
good government, the r-ule of -iatw, andl
good will between those who wer-e once
enemies, is as gr-at,i fy ing to ine as it
camn be to any oathler ci t,izn. rih-I nt thea
char-ge hias been coInstanot ly inaudes -e
Li,bc war~ t,bt,t the Confede crat-, we re
rl'lls ando tiralitors-, and the -l ,r 't is ai
ti time being mnade to eduicata tne
ris i g ge neirati(on in to the o belief tiant
their fa her-s and thieir imotheris were
irebels and trait. wis, and the-fore latw
less ciminals. W i'ot, miallee apuinst
an'y of our follow eitizecns, I feel it to
he my duty toi the maemoary oaf our het
irole dead, to thieir sourvi ving a-,soaciattes
andl to those who are~ to cuoe aftei
us, to make the foiregoiing statLemnats
in vindication of the i-uthis (f hias'uarv,
and mn just fi-nt,ion of the p stio(tise',
the manhoo l antd love of jutic of
those who defended the lost cause, and
olered thei r all in an elf'.frt to pro
uervo their conrtitutional right.s
against the aggressions of a hostile
majority.
Tltli'.\10l ti1: (;eGl.'-tI:\ll:NT1.
Prom the desolation, asonce of civil
government and political rights and of
law throu'hout the Southert states,
!oss than thirty years a go, we now, inl
all these states, have good civil govern
ment, good laws faithfully enforced,
liberty protected, society reorganized,
penee and industry re-established, with
lany Vialable en terprises put into Suc
cessful operation, and withi a steady
and Wonderful increase ill ptpuiltion,
weaLII and conforts of civilized life.
Th is constitutes tho greatest andi proud
est vi nil cation of tue capacity of our
people for local self-governuor t, and
k a grander and nobler achievement
by our people than was ever obtained
lv war. it is the triimpIi of their ca
paulty for self-gover"nt e"nt", and shows
tbat our P':ople are worthy the pos
tession of the pmlitical powcr and reli
gious Ii hert.y wh ich they now e nje y
and(l whih ,hows thct nortily of po
litical <ertality with those who were
once r u r 'ntlies. In th is great ('t"n
tenniial 1,xlposition of Tennes:.te we
have be tore us a lmagn iicent exlhibi
Ltion of the results of Southern enter
prise and prosperity to gladden the
hearts of our people and to g ratify the
pride of the people of this great .tatte.
Anid 1o-day the people of the South are
as earnest in their attacIhmient to iur
coio n governmnen t as those of any
other part of the Union, and would
11kike as great sacrili cs, if n,eed be in
dlefense of our government as could he
made by any other part of the A meri
can pel,ople. Enjoyint peace and liher
I to-clay, we can refer with plride to
the courage and heroisn of our soldiers
in the late war, and to the gallantry
and r.kill of our ollieers. And when
inpartial history comes to be written
we do not dour,t but that it. will be
seen that they were never excelled in
the t"alities of patience, endurunec
antd lanly courage by any other to
ple.
'.'he name11s of .1_i' -rson1 1)avIs, it. E'.
l Se, Stonewall ,lackson, Albert Syd
tley John onid ilnany others of our
hero:e leaders will go into history illu
minat,d by a hal of courage and
skill and purity of lift, and patriotism
un6urpa:sed by any other n tiu+s in
history. As indlkiCt,inIg the faith of
I'resident. D-tvi in Gid and his devout.
earnestnces, I call attention to the
closing sentences of his irnaugurral ad
dress, after his election under t.ie con
stitutional government of the U-n led
eracy, made on the 22nd dlay of F'hru
ary, ISii2. Raising his hands, at the
cioae of his addr ess, and looking tow
ards the heavens. he said: "And now,
U God, I commit my country and her
cause to Thy holy keeping," thuasshow
ing the soetani.y withi whieh le as
uted aniew t,e duties of 1'resident of
'Pill \VtI ;"iN CI' ''ti: t't)N -'li-)P:;.\t'V.
1 is tory noitt w i th its richest praises
the 1i1;troni: of h':ii:m. 'hcy were no
doubt, worthiy of :ill that, was said of
the im. IBit their' honors cluster atbout
,hem when ICsoume wa a great and vie
torious nation. This is not --aid to
th'ltir diisredtit, hut to contrat with
tbem the nolble and devoted Wett"n of
lIe Ci0n1fderacy. The grandeur of
their livts and conduct w:ts exhibited
i a cause in which the odds were
great!y against their country. in which
aacritices were neee;siry, and in which I
success was always douitful. I never
felt 1my inability to do just ice to any
suhjetI so k(oely as I do whien at
teitinting to do ju_tice to the ebaracter
of the women of the (,onfederacy.
Thty gave to the arm it's their hus
bands, father.-, s0n1 aid brothers with
achinig hear'ts, anid hsa them goodl
liye with soib, anui teatrs, but they be
lie Ved thei sacr'I ieic wa. diuei to the ir
cotrii ty andhr as. hyasue
lth areo hi ho ey i:,u iie
chlrnandI thie a1.;cd ~.lan, of thema
who had t: beeni recai'ed in eaise andic
luxur'y hal1 to engage in all the drud
ger'y cif the farmi andit shoip. M\any oft
tihtemi wor k ed in the Ii cilds to) raise Lthe
lilean- of feein g theirn famiie is.
Spinnintg wh leels aiiil loiims were mutl
Li plit'd whetrc ncne hiadl been sieen hb'
fole, to enable themi to clothe thieir'
fi oi' s andi I funishI cloth inrg for Lthelir
loved ones in the arliny, to Nlbem with
inessauges of love and enicour-agemennt
they sent,, wh enevetr they coJ ld ,somie
thinitg to weat' or to eat. Anid Ihke
anlgels uif mer'ty 11hey3 vlsi ted anid at
wnuded the hio-pitals w it.h lint, andi
hiambtiges.- [for the wounded, anti mi-i:
cinlit foir the .-leck , anda suteni noturishIi
mienrt as Lbhey coul fur hothb. Andic
tue ir holy prlaycers at al times wenit to
Liii: LI lone cit God foir Lihe Sitfety of
lt,oe dleal to tbem anti for, the llt-e
ofi tbe Counfeder:ate cause. There was
at couira;.e anid a mtoraili hero iim ill thirit
live:;1 superior tto that, wvhib animiatedi
oiur b'rave men't, fort the men we:re
',luulat,ed biy tlih p -trene of thecir ai''
-oen1it'5, tne hope of aplauii,s', antd by~
the excjt,eiinii, of na,Ll, wvlil Ltesm
noblle womtieni, in thet seeilus, and~i tr
ciuietiude o)f thair hlitines wer:le liinsi'ed
03' ai morau'l cour ag e wIchib conicd t'c'
onily from ,> arid the ! ii' of couniri.
I hop)le w' a:e ttu have a b itite abbeu'y,
anduc if we bouldi Liihe lonotr of our'
lhite tlere sh hi! bic a 11,-n id mmiu
't,aney:, thei sertvitcs atnil the i viun tif
the noblie wtitnel'i of time i if.'il.''itev'.
And -i nec the ii at- s)mle of ur ' anid
and noble wiomien; thit widow of1 I 'rei
th-'nt Da,vis, the wiow' or S:uniiiil
,1 ueks ii iandt the widow of Cii!. (;. M[.
Wi, klert, of Texas, hitve' lam-dt Lim
graitude if ourt pmeolet by huii: thicy
have furn'mishied ii, conit:unjig mtut
vathimbl -co'nti' biutimns t'i Ltihe iteratttre
oif the war and supphlylig a featlute in
it Liihat no0 manil hast sup p;id ciori couth1l
'T'i ill ustate the ih;arnect -r andi tIe
'.'tion: ofi the womenicr of thie Counfecde
tio mi,' dincg thei warli by Go;v. I.ot,ehcr'
oh \','ginia. I !i had vi.-.ited his oi
tin b i etLuricLi to,he 'itt e caipit,ai Cia.led
at Lti: house'ii o f ani til firb ri whoit hadh
ai lartge faily i. II: foud rihno one but
the ;giiud tmi ii:' o I.;i , hirmle, antd in
(luiredu abimit the cthinii; uf the1 f..mi,y.
She till bb n thiat her' il hu,andi, heri
hiuisbatndl's 'athe andp i her Lten son-, were
til in the at'my. \ rd un his suigeis.
tiitn Lihat .-sheii I- Io-'f'el esomre, hyv
ing had a lar'tt eimi ly with hetr arnd
to tic now left ab>nl2,i. he answer wa.
That is, we are too bi
Lo w Prices keep us busy,
The Racket Store is 1
ways buy what you wanlt
we mean what. we say.
Our comfpelitors call t
ickiiovIe<ge the clatrge at
of tlis coity to say whetl
Store IIIIS beeIn a benefit to
,is goods as the best.
Bought iit Low Prices
11indl our customers rejoice
Ri cket Stor(b is <doinig for t
Askliig (IIut. o le lll(i 11
to '' U11((*'rbu Ill(I U11(lersi
YOtrs in (ell
NEW YORK 1
I":t le , . - t .
P. .---t4ill reeeml>er I
will get it ni:ce Ciri'lgt_e this
WISDOM3 -'ROM3 B5I,1L A111111
Hie 1{1nninattrte (t ur Ili;t ie Giiti antl
laati Things Or Li' -il e Tak s t
(t eei rt'uI 'tii w ' This W i-il.
.Ani te 'r p aLt,1-r1a hirt.hiy t' in iiiy
filv ty. iitie -t n t' > i ui 1a h h ut tl -i .
a ytir t.o nie now. Ilt w cv,,ryt.hin;'
Shtinks s wti njtat' th" i u;'. 'it, t i rtu,
ar1 nt ti t,all n 1 ,th h il l, it., ht itih .t
th l'' titedf to ht:. T I'ha in i t ' 1 r iy t.t lral,
aLtit is fLthing lu , h ut, hli w is that
evin ti' e s tLild :,f iik- itnk th itt i
sa fxact., ii lIlnt|itai. anl t.lat it i
LIt'a-ut l b-tiltb , ib= ain. - itc iii f tO
17dnuk, att t.haml is II10a1'urtId by the rir
inlt anid -ctt,in; of tht t ill and I,hat1, I
t h t ruvt lving a t .I'l anti that by it, tni
lii i e tir' e' ar u ti I h I u : n '
1111e 1 w ull N t illi shor ti lt| - 11, Ihcj ll 1
i, I ny if itti ' al " , it -h I) d txl tntl
fur w.' entI d 1 u t ," LI,h li n ur" i I l'l
drelt y e e i. - w sy
n luru : i tat I I t ~"t'i i~ ii itt' ' ii
lI t hiit u - t ' " i t it ti l at I
ultit I eIntu lni w ill it y, ti' ~"i. aitt
IeIt '1 tltl t i1' -liL' o ,V tviian :.tt rii'
Wil'. I ti:ll t ilt! ,v:i tu t i ti , u :if(t".t .
I)avid id. "Thu liino iis ' I l a t
i i i , I Ioa a 1 SI:t "11. 1i' ta SI havu
.i uti i t( plea s i't ii a .'iihfit~l
foor 11 hII .!it.'' I hiti ' I o r hl -ttn tuil
it, hartd twtie'n t it lt 1ui I t' fj r Lin, atti ,
hetL, r'! '.i dity :i Is aidl i tht. i tii.
;,uiLh of li' iul, "|I,uI thIe) day itri,1
: itr'uiii I was burn. Vhr1' dli'd I nit
Ir'omii ihu heu nl, ft, ti) I| ihutti bi
laiuL -till iti hi ii a Il r0 t1, for 1i, ' ' Li
wickedi ccaiu IruInl t.l'uuil,ljiutr 'nj tin
wuatrv itru at l'est.'.' ' w tgg ,lt nni
his -atl , t'y al waty, t"xt'iLu myt ii
thy. It ttiV t' i h t' tluVI wl;l t ',"hi i
'x+!ait le : ' '();I , th.h: , it iit' ne i t
wat.t'I': at) ill'intu uyu:; a rivt'r Of t-atr:
Cur's, 1lI. he a t ht d y wht,.!"nI I wi bu.n;
uti ied b itt man who brout.ht, tilin'1'
-O Ilf)y fatht'r ayinIgt al ma thihl1 ak horn
uintu L,b;u."
I ion't lik hth a, -f ad I 1"o Ih nor -lad
st.urit"s nir t.ales (if Iuib1"rv. I m.v,' r
, r yadriti lili l'1100 i t,ba t ti)d L;nil't. -flh
SIk e t,een nraltlyg of d o mon, e, y
they aih thliere hhL wjch tatbi
Li) boy-ade W.0 'ior to for in, o f -
harsoud th oue, a ftn as we h:ad
Busy
isy to write very much. Our
.he place where you can- al
-heap. When we say cheap,
is by cheap names, and we
id leave it to the good people
ier the New York Racket
them or not. Our goods are
so let our col)petitors weep
at the good the New York
he people of this county.
I remember that our motto is
41,'" we are
.I earnest,
ACKET STORE
CLYDE, & NALLY, Proprietors.
he Surry offer. Some one
full lREE 1
hurn the stable that the yankees built
11 un c lot for their horses. It was des
olatioln, and with me almost despair,
but. my w ife never surrendered, and she
hat.:n't yet. She wants as mahy good
tirn" and nice things as anybody, but
w ben trouble comies she can suffer and
I t is a good time about now for a man
If ma tars to look back and take a
cil of inveutory of what I have done
all this timne-what has been accom
iiI.lhtil for the world's good or any
had.a t>od, not for my own good, for
thit don't count up yonder. Before I
; ito the receiver's hands it Is well
fur tit to Imake up an invoice., When
a stheolhy we used to debate whether
or not there was such a thing as disin
're.ted lcn,volencu. I thought then
that, t.herr"e waS, but it seems to me now
t.hat alo,n .t every good thing I ever did
wa-. vry 1uch liixed up with selfish
n. antI all that will excuse me will be
1n the liiie of th" plet who says,
I1 -1 w h".%1. .il\ w anbI l w%in,
NI1-t bi . r, hit ,pinl: was born in
'l' -r," is ,1Om~ (uomf,rt in that, for I
buth-v1' I hav-e tatkl lIasuro in divid
n,r a i h1 lih hwr, the blessings that G0'1
ha? ,iven 11w'. 'l'hi1 retrospect In, how
v(r-"". not fri" from clouds and blurs,
and I wouli that I could live those
i art, of y lif. over again, and live
Lh,-ni .n-ter. I)r. Joihnson said to Bos.
at II that a nim L1 who lived for himself
' in vain, itd that it was every
nutn duty t1 do sonmething for his fel
lowmll"n Mid also for thoso who were to
,'M1, after him. "Otr fathers and
ure 1ithiJlrs," said he. "wrote books and
i n v,en t,1d u' i i con tri vances and plant
1" t.r,ets auln vines for us, and so, as we,
,"annot layi them for it, we should do,
o'tivhing for posterity.'' I am about
even on hatt line, for I have planted
tre,s bloth for shade and fruit wherever
I havte h 1l, and miy wife still keeps
""- miiant ng vi nis. I have written
'na y ethes andii a boo,k or two, with
"a t d ntforethought, an.d can say
w it h lyton
\\hu t'w it is writ,
\\ Ih it wer i t h i ier."'
hob: ! ai gratoful that my
ltor,. of LI isi eentury-seven decades
Liat han-v witilessed more1 progress in
. -neeli~ , art, iventlon and Christian
riV z'.tionm thanii anly previous thousand
years, In the wor'ld's history. A great
tteap forwaird hats been made since I
wami a boy, ftr I remember when there
were lbt, few btooks and fewer newspa
Insin thet i nitid States--when there
""s bt two or Ltro little short rail
r:mdts ani hot a telegraph or a tele
lthttne-- wthen there was no light but
amntle ItIlit, antd not a friction match
ni thbe worild nor' a steel pen. But pro
-'t5 always brIngs a train of evil
Lbhiniis alo,ng with it. Every light has
tL shadow. I'he devIl Is a lively cuss,
antI ket'ps up with the procession.
NIa no evtr hihlia a house of prayer
Vit whiai the devil has a pulit there."t
Andt I his l~i t, though invistbie, is
at, the therl end wher'e tihe sinners love
t,o contIgretgaLto. I remembe~r when there
""E"'t no h ip p)ockets nor pistolit to put
in them,. I rmemb ier when there was
noi whisktey in this country, and the
onily spir'its drank wer'e wine, peach
brny ognac brandy, that was made
froml grAapeLs, and New England rum
hut thle yainkees made from molasses.
'l't.ey made tile rum to buy niggers
with in A frica, but some of it got down
tSouth. Whlskey camo later, and was
or'iinally uskeybaugh, a gastric word
t.hat, strainge to say, means water
of life- 'l'hie last syllable was happily
droppedIti in the course of time, for it
metians life-and uskey was pronounced,
w e-ik y.
L- lint it would take a book to tell all
the chianiges that have marked the last,
sixty years--the good'of it and the bad,
ofit it. 1 would blot some things out if I;
coutbl, and t'et tIhe cltck back, but God
Sknoweith. Especiailly would I blot out
e every bad thought and every bad deed
Ittf mty own-ver.y act that gave pain
ror anxiety to those who loved me. The
0 worst word in the language is remorse
I am free from that, I know, but not
dfrom regret. I wish that all the young
IC peop)le would stop and think-some.
itimes stop and think and resolve to do
w nothing that will follow them like Ban,.
qu (11' ghost when they get old.
BILL Ane,.
To90 Ihe whole world now operates
a.0,00 miles of telegraph lines, and
n. thle chlar'es for messages amount to
a nearly $ 100,000,000 annually.
tn y Mke few promises, and religious..
ncc ke alld th ose you make. You can't
ctoaseroi ,mae many romises If yog
that it wats very hard, but that If sht
had ten ioro sot,s they should atll gc
to the arny. Can ancient or inodern
history show a nobler or more unsellish
anti patriotic devotion to any cause ?
There have been and there still may
be those who au:ect to 5)etk lightly of
the Confederacy; but a cause and at
Country which it, required more than
four years of terrible war, and armies
of .iore than two million 3nn, and
which cost the lives of hundreds of
thousands, countintr the loss on both
sides, the expenditure of billions of
(ollars, :nd the sucrilice of other bil
lions of dollars worth of propel ty, to
overcome, ctn hardlly he belittled by
any honest or sensible man. We can
well alford to wait tho verdiet which
history will render on the ien and
womntl of the late Confederacy.
TI1l; WICATi'I:It AND CROP'.
'alutable III tormatin to Those Iite'r
e't(l in N'arn,ing Ope'attions,
The following is the weekly buIletin
issue d by the weather bureati in C(o
luhib its to the condition of the crop,s
in Lit,is Stat,e :
C)OI.I\l tMl.na, S. ('., , l e 22, l 9 .
The week averagel degrees pet
lday hotLter thaln1 usuai with lunaxiuuts
L(eom)t. r"atu rt, a bov e 1010 at, mai n places.
The Iitrhest ri)orted wats 112 On the
I,9th it ;illisonville ; the low et 63: on
the :it,h and I0ii at, l"lorenue. Thi
lmean of the State, for tie week, dedue
ed from 5(1 reports was s:3 andi the nor
mlal is iL))roxiiat,ely "S.
There were showers in some por
tions of the State each day in the week
aut,bout;h, with a few exceptions, the
rtainfall wits light, as 21 places r"e1ported
Itess tban one itnch ; It) frot One t.o tvo
inches: 10 over two inies, with 5.21
itt I 'ek' Stat,ion : :,t at Moutit (;Imre
. 1) at St. Geory e ; and :1i ,> at l'"lor
ence. 'Tlie average of the nieasure
tients was I u1a while the uotil is ap
)roxitlate 1.I)0.
There was an abundance oif stnshinte,
the est,itatecd percentage oi the lo,;i
hlI was 8'3, and not below normatl at
any pla'e.
)estruct,ive hail f( 11 in l''lurent'e,
Ander'st,i Stitter, I)arlnnrton, I.1'x
ington, New).-rry and 0rangehurg
Co nt.ies.
liigh winds destructive to crops.
e.pt'ciailly corn, occurred on the 17 Lih
inu l''Iurenlce, Clarcndun, Dartli ngton,
1 ii on, i hester and Chu-trlieIld.
Tiere were also destructive wintl in
Ilatmpton, Spartanutl rg, I'iCkenst,
Groeiville and ieaufort. The injary
was in ea hi case contined to compa,tra
Lively small areas.
The comibination of steady high tin.
pcraturc, abunidant sunshine, atit gen
erally st licient iisturet was very
favot able on crol), which mllatle ratpit
growth except that in ilaces t orn antd
tcotton wilted in the mid-dity ,un, r"e'
viving attin at night. Over tionL1
of 3artnwell, lBLttnber'g, Iieuns, ' I'gt
tield, Ilorry, Anderson, Ai ken and
lxtxington counties 1te ground is vety3
diry and hatrd. Overl p)ortion, of li. rku
icy, I''for ence!, Claretndtln, ()rangeburg,
Iiorry'. Ch,t,r aid York couities thu
g round is teLo wet to ph)w ani gr'an
lhts hecomiie a Itenee to smllI corn
and t,) cotton. Itrassy Ii,Ids ar a's)
reported froti Sumtot', Ulnion altt
Newbt"rt'y counties. Ocherwis' lici-,
are generally clean, and free frt,um grass
or heing rapidly put, into such uontl i
titon.
u'itn S)at,'alburg atid 'lli ltIt -d gatli;
pllnt is recived of crusted soil after
the heavy ruins of the p)reviou, wuek.
I, tnds were badly washed in ilgetimd
and Greenville.
Ai l these adverse Conil itions are
more than offset by 'eiort, of limtpr.'vt -
mett ill rtp conitl,Lion. over te. State
genieraIly, and nyptilit::thle to all eirops
r'aised . I nsets wer l'CI(s.-,il ttmertouls
andh destrucitiv'.e thian dutrintg aniy lirt
vitOus wee k oif this cr'op sea--ont,
aithbough cin builtI)'s inl York andt
Chesttr, Onl e'Irn I: t'rot t'loust ori bethi
1)n cotton ini ltiiebland mayit ba tnoted as
eeplLtins. Thte latt1er intsect. is new to
Lihe tregiont inlf, sted.
Corn is beintg latitd by w il,h protspiect.,
dcidletdly b)ettered aLlLi)thog advese
tret irts are'1 num iiertous. ki-',aly 'orni is
ini silk antd ta's*ls. its coilotr is goodt
exepht in tierKely whietre it is trinlg
nt, ye~tt proi 'e a fult cropt't
and1( tbe earliest, i begintittg to b) ois
conitiontlit is )2enerally I satt,ifuetity, ex
elpt wh iere inljuredt bty txtessivye tatn,
Itn ierkley. Cute'tetr and Voritk :So.nt
ton. SeaL-I lahi tt)tttnt it spittlenit
condltititin, free frtomi par'i.ites andit
Itie dinIg we'tll it Ciillet,otn, but, last
iii ar'-. Is -mall iIn Wi'illlimhoburg
r'ice httadlinog we',l.
So' .e o)f the lat's llIoded] by te pre-~
tt'iy.
Ely.t'3 pea~iches I nelinid to be smal
andil fatulty. Grapl.es r'ott,ing bad ly in
I )ar'l ingto.I)i
I 'eas ing t stown int wNiLbth orn andt
tin '-tuble launds. Seed 5(Iar'U overi
t wistern. 'lThe crop Is miaking good
sht)k by3 t'LinI. Sp'iring (lat.s bin g Cut
andil arte piotr. Thr ie.lth ig legunI w ith
ylteid of whitat gootd, of oats ftrtt poor1)
LI) v'try gotid.
Gatrdenis hatve kept, til thitrI abutn
dat.3 y ti tof seatstnable vegetables.i
WVuihi huitets are' abiiundant over' th<
ent,irte State. Sutgar' (nte of all va
rilet.its doingtt~ very well.
t'broughttou lt i te ent1on)b3 it, ino t int
m1)-. marttkedi in Sot,h Cat'olind amt
Gtirgia.
"C.runt, wNhIlec generally hack ward'
has mp''e 1 gIotd p'rogr'ess 11 in the prtin
eiiplce orn Stiat s ttnder' the favor-abi<
wveater ' n tit,in oi'rt if t' past wVetk
A tmarkedl imtprovemtent,I in thte cropi
r"epotedJ( from Mis1souit', Kainsals ani
Ntebtraska, and generaly 1thri oug htot
the central va leys."
.l. i,.IA U tl-'., 1) t 'Cere tOts .